That is a lot of Box Tree Moths!

Greece

OK Bluesky, lets play "how many butterflies in one picture". Here's mine to start, taken on an extraordinary @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour to the Kackars in north-east Turkey.

Just ordered, who can resist a book about moths? 🦋🐛🦋

Interesting! 🌸🌼🦋🐝🪲

The Scarce Fritillary (E maturna) has almost vanished from the western part of its European distribution. Further east the species can still be more widespread. The photo shows a female laying a batch of eggs on Ash (Fraxinus). After hibernation the larvae leave the tree and feed on herbs.

There are ~22,000 #moths in Australia but only half have been scientifically described to date. Far from being drab or boring, their diversity is amazing as this account will try to show #mothsmatter #teammoth

Interested in #moth trapping? Ever wondered why different bulbs collect different species? Or why some species are particularly threatened by light pollution? Using 100,000+ samples from the GMS (@gardenmothscheme.bsky.social), our new pre-print addresses these questions and more (thread)

Data Paper in ESA Ecology with native range maps for 10,000+ butterfly species 🦋 worldwide by Barnabas H. Daru 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 🌐

New guide to managing urban habitats for butterflies! 💯🦋

Having mentioned trap tweaks, here are the two that I have made to my Robinsons: 1️⃣ a duct-taped petrol funnel that reduces the funnel opening 2️⃣ black plastic to cover the transparent lid so that moths keep calm inside #teammoth #mothsmatter #nattfjärilar

Relevant in many countries 🦋🐛🚜🌲

Why do insects fly around artificial lights? They don't actually want to fly towards them, they just can't really get away from them. Insects naturally tilt their dorsum towards a light source, and as a result end up flying around it in circles, trapped. 🧪 🦋 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper! 🧪🌍 Contrasting responses of bats & macro-moths to structural complexity in #forest borders #TerrestrialLaserScanning Bats responded ➕ moths ➖ to structurally complexity Open understories, warmer, more humid -> higher #bat activity but lower #moth #diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

We are far from conserving migratory butterflies. Our new paper shows that current protected areas are inadequate for 👉84% of migratory butterfly species in at least one season 👉45% of species in all seasons. (1/7) doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

Better luck with the Lund #mothtrap today: 2 Angle Shades, 1 Satellite & 1 Black-Spot Chestnut #teammoth #mothsmatter

Great stuff!

Having the soemwhat awkward name ”Strimmig smalvingemätare” in Swedish #teammoth #mothsmatter #teammothsweden

These tiny guys are brave ❄️❄️ Not the same ones as yesterday #mothsmatter #teammoth #teammothsweden

In Loja, Ecuador, a city of 200k people, Catasticta truncata thrives in greater numbers than nearby wild areas. It lays eggs on a mistletoe that parasitizes an abundant willow tree in the city. One entomologist says the butterfly could be a flagship species for promoting conservation in the region.

Nettles are good for many! 🐛🦋🪲

Great to see this species confirmed in Berkshire - congrats to Dave, and thanks to Peter Hall for the dissection work, which can be seen at mothdissection.co.uk/species.php?... - have posted a bit more info on upperthamesmoths.blogspot.com/2024/12/spin... #TeamMoth

Too busy for bees? 🐝 Road verges can support flower-visiting insects, but traffic matters! 🚗 Although high flower density along road benefits wild bees & butterflies, conservation efforts should focus on roads with low traffic or wide verges 🦋 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Orange Sneezeweed (Hymenoxys hoopesii) is an absolute butterfly magnet! Anicia Checkerspots (Euphydryas anicia) enjoying an all you can eat buffet in Colorado's Wet Mountains, at 10,700'. Big thanks to @frwildflowers.bsky.social for the flower ID!

Our old #Ryrholm trap at the Ecology Building in #Lund, soon to get a massive makeover #teammoth #mothsmatter

Nice read! 🐛🦋

The Grey Asian Grayling (Pseudochazara geyeri) is a rare and declining butterfly in Europe, restricted to two mountains where Greece, Albania and N Macedonia meet.

Not much in the ground level #mothtrap today but temperature around 0. One Chestnut Conistra vaccinii & one Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella though #teammoth #mothsmatter

Lots of effort put in to the micros this season, with 70 odd NFGs. Micro moth lures resulted in some interesting records, including a handful Pammene suspectana. Newcastle, Staffs (VC39) #TeamMoth

Interesting find! 🦋🚙🚗🚙🌛

Some data-driven analysis of butterfly flight times in Sweden 2010-2024 based on about 1,290 000 observations from #swedishbutterflymonitoringscheme #sebms and #artportalen, thanks to #tidyverse & #gbif

Lovely morning in #Lund but the #moth trap was empty (annoying leaves in the funnel) #teammoth #mothsmatter

🌟Premiere! 🌟 The upgraded #Ryrholm #mothtrap on the roof of the Ecology Building in #Lund #TeamMoth #mothsmatter . 🥳🎉🦋🐛

Great guide to pug moths ( #malmätare )! Brilliant stuff! 🦋🦋 #teammoth #mothsmatter

Get paid to count butterflies & moths! Is there a better job?! A 12-month traineeship in Argyll & the Inner Hebrides - as part of Scotland’s Species on the Edge conservation project. butterflyconservation.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details... #BiologicalRecording #ButterflyConservation #TeamMoth

#TeamMoth #mothsmatter

So it seems they are going south again after coming here. But I only find some anecdotal papers or records of sightings. . Like I wrote, any help will be greatly appreciated. Ping @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social

In Alnarp, between Malmö and Lund in the South, a moth guy saw the first one on Flowering Tobacco on Sep 2nd, on the 12th there were at least 15, on the 19th 17. On the 21st he marked 21 using tippex. On the 22nd, there were 15 but only one of them was tagged! The last one was seen on the 30th

We had a major influx into Sweden in September and then they seemed to move south again. I heard from people who had checked some of the females that ovaries were not yet developed.

Hi fellow #moth people, does anyone out there know any scientific or popular papers about migration strategies in Convolvulus Hawk-moth? Any suggestions are much appreciated.

This story has everything 👉 🦗 Innovation 🦗 Inspiration 🦗 Local action 🦗 International collaboration 🦗 Long term vision 🦗 Kindness, hope and optimism Good luck Kristina! And the team at the Species Recovery Trust #NatureRecovery #ConservationOptimism www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lovely 🦋

Just one week remains now for our early bird booking deal... any week-long 2025 tour booked before midnight on 30 November 2024 qualifies for an automatic £125 discount off the list price! Our tours generate donations to conservation work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social & @europebutterfly.bsky.social.

Here's a male adonis blue from central Spain (v.2019) to welcome you to my timeline on the site with the better logo.

An after-dark woodland stroll with a torch is worth it at any time of year. 🔦 Last night on some #EastLothian Sycamores: 🤍mating Winter Moths 🐞hibernating Orange Ladybirds 🕷hunting Drapetisca socialis. Plus harvestmen, woodlice, earwig, slugs, snails, flies, owl... Try it!

The egg of the White-letter Hairstreak is shaped like no other, looking like a comic-book spaceship! Just as amazing is that there's a fully-formed caterpillar inside while it passes the winter on an Elm twig. And recently found as far north as the south of Scotland.

Great to see @insectai.bsky.social on Bluesky! Learn more at insectai.eu

A reminder that the Future of Butterflies and Moths in Europe Symposium will be held in early April next year in Netherlands. Full details here www.vlinderstichting.nl/futureofbutt...

#AMI-trap a.k.a. #Aarhus_trap with time-lapse of July #moths. Amazing diversity and brilliant invention! 🐛🦋🔝

Viktigt om gräsmarksindikatorn Grassland Butterfly Indicator 🦋